I'm very pleased with the poetic title for this post. I'm even more pleased with the fact I've actually finished the seaside holiday cottage renovation project I've been working on* and the romantic little Dorset Nook is now available to book! Think lazy walks down to...
Long-term readers could, I am sure, rattle off a list of my favourite Beauty Pie skincare products by heart. Over the years they've become staples in my beauty routines - the brilliant balm cleansers, the potent retinol range, the moisturisers that seem to inject...
In an attempt to give all of my Instagram videos a safe and permanent home (ie, at a place I actually own, not a platform I have no control over) I'm slowly getting into the habit of uploading them onto Youtube before embedding them into blog posts here on the...
I had a can of full sugar coke before filming this video, so you'll have to excuse the tendency towards frivolity. I've managed to get my Coca Cola consumption down to just one can a week, now, and I try to "take it" (like medicinal waters) on a work day when I need a...
Angelica, aged three and eight months, has taken to telling us all precisely what she is not. We've had this before, when she first learnt her name - or a shortened version of her name; "I not hungry, Daddy, I La-La!" "I not cute, Granny, I La-La!" "I not testing your...
Sorry for the radio silence; I've been laid up with yet another ailment, this time one of the many unnamed viruses that comes under the "could be flu" umbrella. Oooh, it's a contentious issue, flu - never say you have flu to someone who has actually had flu. (I have...
[AD info: this post contains a paid-for advertorial for L'Oreal. Links marked * are affiliate links. Beauty products featured are press samples, fashion items and jewellery are my own apart from the earrings which were gifted.] I went out-out last Saturday - to a...
[AD info: this is not a paid-for post. There is an affiliate link marked *. I am a founder of the Colab Dry Shampoo brand. Beauty items here are press samples apart from the dry shampoo.] Well I do apologise; it has been a while since my last fitness post, Sex Burns...
[AD info: this post contains an affiliate link. This is not a paid-for post and I bought the bra myself.] I posted a photo on Instagram the other day in which my boobs were quite - how can I put this? - apparent. Perky. Fulsome. Now I don't want you to worry; I'm not...
[AD info: this post contains one affiliate link marked *] I know that it's entirely possible that pink velvet is going to be one of those fleeting trends that disappears into the interiors ether as quickly as it arrived, but please humour me. Because I've always...
Here's a list of the things that can seemingly give you cystitis. It's not exhaustive. 1 Having raucous sex 2 Having mildly enthusiastic sex 3 Not having any sex 4 Wearing cropped jumpers that don't cover your kidneys 5 Wearing low jeans that don't cover your...
The phoenix has landed, the cat is on the lead, the dog is at the dinner table and the chicken is a cover star. Sounds like a slightly odd lesson from one of those secondary school French listening tapes (ecoutez et repetez!) but it is, in fact, my latest magazine...
Here's a visual delight for you; over 15 minutes of beauty confessional from Yours Truly. I talk about the Ten Year Challenge that took over Instagram and how I feel about my skin now that I'm 38, all via a chat about smoking and cosmetic surgery. So if you've ever...
Yesterday I did a bit of sifting through my junk mail folder. I rarely remember to do this but apparently - now and then - you should. I say this because last year I missed four incredibly important emails and each time it created quite an awkward work situation; in...
As I began to write this hotel review I realised that I'd talked about the London Edition before; a rather extensive (completely fantastical) post about the story behind the creepy portraits that hang in every guest room. You can read that post here: The Woman In The...